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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_UIControl">XML Specifications</span><span class="f_BodyText"> page of the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Options</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog enables you to configure various settings for working with XML.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="491" style="width:491px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set the default editor for any XML documents you open within Enterprise Architect.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="167" style="width:167px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Format XML Output</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="491" style="width:491px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set whether or not formatting is applied to your XML output.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="167" style="width:167px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Write Log</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="491" style="width:491px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set whether or not to write to a log file when you import or export XML.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="167" style="width:167px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Use DTD</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="491" style="width:491px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set whether or not to use a Data Type Definition.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="167" style="width:167px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Export Diagrams</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="491" style="width:491px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set whether or not to export diagrams when you export XML.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="167" style="width:167px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Export Alternate Images</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="491" style="width:491px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set whether or not to export the <a href="bitmapimagesindiagrams.htm">alternative images</a> used in the model when you export to XML.</span></p>
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<td bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">If this option is set, and you have packages in your model under version control, then any alternative images used in those packages are also exported to the version control repository when you <a href="checkinginandcheckingoutp.htm">check in</a> the packages.</span></p>
<p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">In this case, you would </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-weight: bold;">only</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> select the checkbox if the alternative images are subject to </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-weight: bold;">frequent change</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText">. Otherwise, do not select this option and instead use </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="importexportrefdata.htm">Export/Import Reference Data</a></span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> to manage alternative images.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="167" style="width:167px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_UIControl">Default XMI Version</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="491" style="width:491px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set the XMI version to use: Enterprise Architect or Rose.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="167" style="width:167px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Code Page</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="491" style="width:491px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set the Code Page to use; setting a NULL encoding string results in the encoding tag being entirely omitted from the XML output. Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Default</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> button to restore the setting to the default Code Page.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="167" style="width:167px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Export Diagram Images</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="491" style="width:491px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set whether or not to export diagrams as images when you export XML.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="167" style="width:167px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Image Type</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="491" style="width:491px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Define the format of the image to export to if </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Export Diagram Images</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> is selected.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="167" style="width:167px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Prefix EA Tagged Values in XMI 1.0 with ea$</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="491" style="width:491px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set whether or not to prefix any Enterprise Architect Tagged Values within any XMI 1.0 you create, with </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">ea$</span><span class="f_Tabletext">.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="167" style="width:167px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Update Last Save Time in Controlled Packages</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="491" style="width:491px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set whether to update the time you last saved in controlled packages.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="491" style="width:491px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Define the default XML directory to use when importing and exporting XML.</span></p>
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